"posthuman" meaning in English

See posthuman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more posthuman [comparative], most posthuman [superlative]
Etymology: post- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|human}} post- + human Head templates: {{en-adj}} posthuman (comparative more posthuman, superlative most posthuman)
  1. Succeeding human beings as presently defined; more than, or beyond, what is human. Translations (succeeding human being who is beyond what is human): posthuman (German), nachmenschlich (German), پساانسان (pasâensân) (Persian), постлюдський (postljudsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-posthuman-en-adj-kyTh9RnE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with post-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-human

Noun

Forms: posthumans [plural]
Etymology: post- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|human}} post- + human Head templates: {{en-noun}} posthuman (plural posthumans)
  1. A supposed being of this kind. Related terms: posthumanism, posthumanity Translations (a being that is posthuman): پساانسان (pasâensân) (Persian), постлюдина (postljudyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-posthuman-en-noun-8IDhxtOr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-human

Inflected forms

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